There was actually an early rival to Nascar based in Lynchburg called the Dixie circuit, in the early 50's Reading up on Wendall Scott, I see where he won his first ever race in Lynchburg, a little before my time, I think the track was gone before I was born (1966), it was called Shafer's field, not sure where that was but I believe the current city stadium is called shafer's field. I got to meet alot of racers because of my dad and his friends. Have some really good memorys of the times with my dad and racing. He was the guy who got hurt really bad at Natural Bridge when he got hit by a race car that came on the track after practice was over trying to sneak in a couple of practice laps. If your familiar with Whitey, you might know my dad, Jim Moore, he helped Whitey with the tracks for awhile. Hey Pete, in my earlier post I was talking about Whitey's place in Franklin county, you ever get out to the Natural Bridge track he was involved with? Looks like they have a dragstrip there now, I can remember as a kid going there and playing in the covered, wooden bleachers on the straight between turn four and one, I think the track was a mile then. Robertson said Dick regained ownership last year, changed the name to 311 Fastrack, did some renovation work and reopened in April. The track essentially went out of business and closed its gates in July 2008. Dick bought the track following the 2004 season and operated it one year before selling it to a Florida businessman. Robertson came back to 311 in 2000 as track manager and stayed through the 2004 season. “I’ve been involved in one form or another just about ever since that first night.” “I guess I just fell in love with racing,” he said. By the age of 17, he was already a car owner. A Madison native, Robertson attended his first race at 311 when he was 8 years old. Track manager Gene Robertson said the track underwent significant renovations after being repurchased by former owner David Dick, a grading contractor from Greensboro. Here's a blurb about the track from the local newspaper:ĭirt track racing returned to Western Rockingham County on April 11 when the gates of the half-mile oval located west of Madison reopened as 311 Fastrack. Going strong and the future looks good.Īnd why does this track merit noting otherwise? Home track of NASCAR driver Tim Richmond during his formative years. The Madison-Mayodan Speedway, a fine old dirttrack between Madison and Mayodan, NC, went out of business only to come back to life as 311 Fasttrack. ![]() ![]() Here is a second one, this time not too far down the road from VIR. I mentioned earlier a track that was given up for dead, only to come back in a major way, Virginia International Raceway.
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